Chocolate Pound Cake
Treat yourself to a slice of heaven with this chocolate pound cake. Enjoy it plain or dress it up with ganache, icing, or a sweet glaze.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cooling Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Bake
Ingredients
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- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 325 F. Grease and flour a 10-inch one-piece tube cake pan.
- Combine the butter and shortening in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add the sugar and beat for 3 minutes on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.
- Sift the dry ingredients into a separate bowl and stir to blend.
- Add about one-third of the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and beat on low speed until combined. Add half of the milk and continue beating until combined. Repeat with another one-third of the dry ingredients and the remaining milk, then beat in the remaining dry ingredients just until blended. Avoid overbeating.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and spread to level the top.
- Bake the cake for 60 to 75 minutes, or until a wooden skewer or toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center.
- Cool the cake in the pan for 30 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Serve and enjoy!
Find it online: https://classic-recipes.com/chocolate-pound-cake/